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(Application led Dec. .19, 1898.)

(No Hedel.)

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UNITED kSTATES PATENT Trice.

DANIEL KOTZ, OF PARK RIDGE, NEW JERSEY.

CONIB.

SPEOEFICATION forming part of- Letters Patent N 0. 665,608, dated January 8, 1901.

Application led December 19, 1898. Serial No. 699,672. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL KOTZ, of Park Ridge, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain-Combs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a novel device in the nature of a comb for applying tothe scalp or hair a medicinal liquid-such, foi-instance, as a tonic or the like.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in side elevation of a comb embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on line 4. 4 of Fig. 3.

As shown in the drawings, A is a hollow body forming what may be called the back of the comb and provided with a plurality of tubes or tubular teeth B B, arranged like the teeth of a comb. Vithin said tubular teeth are located endwise-sliding stems or rods C, provided within the hollow body A with conical valve closures or plugs c, which are adapted to engage conical valve-seats a, formed at the inner ends of the teeth and adapted to control the passage of liquid from the hollow body to the tubular teeth. The interior passages of the teeth are made slightly larger than the rods C, so as to permit the flow of liquid passing the valves outwardly or downward ly past said rods to the ends of the teeth. Said valve-plugs are held against their seats by means of suitably-applied springs, herein shown as having the form of coiled springs D, surrounding extensions c' of the rods C and bearing against the valve-plugs at their' ends adjacent thereto and against the opposing or outer wall of the hollow body at their opposite ends. At the outer ends of the teeth the rods C project slightly beyond the ends of the same, so that when the rods are pushed inwardly by contact of the ends thereof with the scalp when the comb-teeth are pressed against the head liquid within the body A will pass through the hollow teeth and will be discharged at the ends thereof. The outer end of each tooth terminates in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudi-Y nal axis of the tooth, whereby the rod which projects from the tooth may have contact with the scalp to unseat the valve-closu re at whatever angle the comb may approach the scalp. The springs D are made of sutlicientstrength to prevent accidental unseating of said closures in the usual handling of the comb.

The hollow body A is shown as having a separate top or cover A', which is provided with marginal flanges fitting within the top of the hollow body, but which may be otherwise tted at its margins to the top of said hollow body. Said top or cover will be secured to the hollow body in any suitable manner, the securing means shown consisting of two screws a a', which are inserted through holes in the top or cover and engage screwthreaded apertures in the opposite wall of the hollow body. Said screws are shown as provided with milled heads c, by which they may be readily removed and inserted when the cover is takenfrom the body for cleaning the parts or other purposes.

For supplying liquid to the hollow body A I provide a detachable supply vessel E, having an orifice for the exit of the liquid, the same being collapsible or constructed with compressib'le side walls, so that liquid therein may be forced through the orifice of the vessel into the hollow body. Said vessel is herein shown as made of sheet metal of flattened form having rounded side walls e e, which may be compressed or partially collapsed to force the liquid from the receptacle. The exit-orifice of the receptacle is formed by means of a nozzle e, provided with screw-threads and adapted for insertion in a tubular extension A2, formed in the cover A of the hollow body A. The vessel is made separable from the hollow body in order that it may be refilled when desired, and, preferably, such vessel will have a separate screw-cap, by which it may be closed when separated from the comb proper. A person using the comb may, therefore, have several different supply vessels IOO outer ends entirely beyond the teeth in posi-` 'tion for Contact with the scalp, and terminating at their inner ends Within said body a distance inside said removable cover, and spirally-coiled springs applied around the inner ends oi' said rods between said valve-closures and said removable cover.

2. A toilet-comb comprising a hollow body, asupply vessel or fount com innnicating therewith, tubular teeth on one side of the body, said body being open at its side opposite to eeaeo the` teetha removablecover fitting the edges of the open side of the body, rods in said teeth provided with valve closures tting seats within the teeth, said rods projecting at their outer ends entirely beyond the teeth inposition for con tact with the scalp, and terminating at their ends within said body a distance inside of said removable cover, and spirally-coiled springs applied around the inner ends oi' said rods, between said valve-closures and said removable cover, and engaging at 4their opposite ends the closures and inner face of the cover, whereby when the cover is removed, the spring, valve-rods and valves may be removed from the other parts of the comb.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 13th day of December, A. D. 1898.

DANIEL KOTZ.

Witnesses: V

C. W. HILLS, R. OUTHBERT VIvIAN. 

